THE grieving family of a teenager who died in a car crash say they are shocked at council policy which they fear could lead to more young lives being lost.

It follows a second fatal crash in two weeks on the increasingly notorious A533 Bostock Road between Northwich and Middlewich.

More than 400 people packed into Davenham Parish Church on Friday to pay their final respects to Davenham youth Alex 'Cookie' Cookson, who was a passenger in a car which police say lost control on a left-hand bend on the A533 Bostock Road and hit a tree on Wednesday, March 10.

The day after the funeral, a car travelling toward Northwich crashed on the same stretch of road, killing two young people, 16-year-old Chloe Kozyra from Over Peover and Matthew Whittle from Winsford.

Friends say Mr Cookson's mother Debbie was devastated to hear about the second fatal accident and has joined councillors in calling for action to make the road safer.

Despite the rising death toll, Cheshire County Council's highways department says there are no immediate plans to carry out safety measures on that stretch of road. It says its general policy is to act only following five 'serious' accidents in three years, though it says it is monitoring the situation following this month's tragedies.

But a friend of the Cookson family, who did not want to be named, says the family is disgusted that more people may die before safety improvements are put in place.

'Alex's mother has asked me to say her heart goes out to the relatives and friends of these young people who died on the A533 at Bostock at the weekend,' she told the Chronicle.

'And she wants to know how many more young lives will be lost before action is take to improve safety on that road?

'It will cost next-to-nothing to put a rumble strip along the road to warn motorists of the hazards ahead or a crash barrier to break the impact of another accident.

'Everyone was devastated about the tragic accident at the weekend, coming as it does so soon after the one which claimed Alex's life.'

She added that a group of local mothers were considering lobbying their MP for action over the road.

One Northwich motorist who saw the aftermath of yet another crash on the road last week told the Chronicle: 'There should be action to make that road safer, particularly at the bend which is so hazardous. There needs to be measures like rumble strips put in place before something else happens.'

Cheshire Constabulary, which has highlighted the dangers of Cheshire's roads in the past, refused to comment while investigations into both crashes continue.